Oppressive Hope, 2021, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 48 in. / 76.2 x 121.92 cm.

Oppressive Hope, Arlette Stella, 2021, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 48 in. / 76.2 x 121.92 cm.

Depending on your POV, this is either that hope can raise up our spirits (read from left to right) or it is oppressively useless (read from right to left). How do you read it, and does that reading change?